Kudos

Kudos

January 20, 2000

Five Central Florida high school students were chosen as semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search competition.

From Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando, they are Jennifer Pelka, math project called Self-Complementary Degree Sequences; Peter Saldarriaga, earth science project called Crater Ejecta Morphology as an Indicator of Subsurface H2O in Equatorial Mars; Shihab Sugeir, medicine project called Soluble Fibrin Augments Platelet/Tumor Cell Adherence in Vitro. From Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs: Kimberly Olvey, medicine project called The Effect of Platelet-Tumor Cell Interactions through CD40 and its Ligand on Tumor Cell Procoagulant Activity and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Release. From Cocoa Beach High School: Stephanie Miller, environmental project called The Effect of Environmental Stress on the pH Buffering Capacity of a Site in the Indian River Lagoon.

Jennifer L. DeVaughn, a 1997 graduate of Lake Mary High School, has been named to the President's Honor Roll at the University of Florida, Gainesville, for the fall semester. She achieved a 4.0 grade point average. Melissa M. DeVaughn, a 1999 graduate of Lake Mary High School, has been named to the dean's list at Florida State University, Tallahassee, for the fall semester. They are the daughters of Hans and Jane DeVaughn of Longwood.

Sgt. Timothy W. Henry, an ammunition specialist, and Capt. Michael E. Sloane, a commander of Company B, 210th Forward Support Battalion, earned the NATO medal and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service with the Army in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Both are serving with Army aviation assets at Camp Comanche near Tuzla, Bosnia. The awards are for supporting the United Nations peacekeeping mission there. Henry is a 1986 graduate of Oak Ridge High School, Orlando, and is the son of Barbara A. Brantley of Orlando. Sloane is the son of John J. Sloane of Longwood.

Allison Martin, a graduate of Bishop Moore High School, was named to the President's List at the University of Central Florida for the fall semester. She is the daughter of Sarah and James Martin of Orlando.

Jenna Brown, a 12th-grade cadet at Oak Ridge Military Academy, was chosen Gold Wreath Honor Roll student for those with an A average or higher. She is the daughter of Dennis and Lisabeth Brown of Orlando.

William R. McLane of Oviedo has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. He is a computer science major.

Travis S. Heath, a junior at Boone High School was nominated to attend the 2000 National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine this coming summer. He is the son of Jeanne Parker Heath and Bryan Heath of Orlando.